⸺ Obituary · December 14, 2018 ⸺

“Bitcoin Is Pretty Much Dead, Says Teenage Crypto Phenom”

MarketWatch

Erik Finman

“Bitcoin is dead, it’s too fragmented, there’s tons of infighting I just don’t think it will last,” Finman told MarketWatch. “It may have a bull market or two left in it, but long-term, its dead.”

Price at death

$3,224

Today

$61,577

Resurrection

×19.1

On 2018-12-14, Erik Finman (Bitcoin Investor) declared Bitcoin dead via MarketWatch. Bitcoin was trading at ~$3,224 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.

The declaration was catalogued on December 14, 2018, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $3,224. Since then, Bitcoin has appreciated by 19.1× relative to the price on the day MarketWatch pronounced it finished.

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